Examples

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You can learn how to use LightGBM by these examples.

Comments in configuration files might be outdated. Actual information about parameters always can be found here.

Machine Learning Challenge Winning Solutions

LightGBM is used in many winning solutions, but this table is updated very infrequently.

Place        Competition  SolutionDate
3rdWater Supply Forecast Rodeo: Forecast Stagelink2024.3
1stAmerican Express - Default Predictionlink2022.8
2ndAmerican Express - Default Predictionlink2022.8
3rdAmerican Express - Default Predictionlink2022.8
1stUbiquant Market Predictionlink2022.7
2ndUbiquant Market Predictionlink2022.7
2ndG-Research Crypto Forecastinglink2022.5
3rdG-Research Crypto Forecastinglink2022.5
1stNASA Airathon: Predict Air Quality (Particulate Track)link2022.3
2ndNASA Airathon: Predict Air Quality (Particulate Track)link2022.3
1stM5 Forecasting - Uncertaintylink2020.7
3rdM5 Forecasting - Uncertaintylink2020.7
3rdALASKA2 Image Steganalysislink2020.7
1stM5 Forecasting - Accuracylink2020.6
2ndCOVID19 Global Forecasting (Week 5)link2020.5
3rdCOVID19 Global Forecasting (Week 5)link2020.5
1stCOVID19 Global Forecasting (Week 4)link2020.5
2ndCOVID19 Global Forecasting (Week 4)link2020.5
2nd2019 Data Science Bowllink2020.1
3rdRSNA Intracranial Hemorrhage Detectionlink2019.11
1stIEEE-CIS Fraud Detectionlink2019.10
2ndIEEE-CIS Fraud Detectionlink2019.10
2ndKuzushiji Recognitionlink2019.10
1stLos Alamos National Laboratory Earthquake Predictionlink2019.6
3rdLos Alamos National Laboratory Earthquake Predictionlink2019.6
1stSantander Customer Transaction Predictionlink2019.4
2ndSantander Customer Transaction Predictionlink2019.4
3rdSantander Customer Transaction Predictionlink2019.4
1stPetFinder.my Adoption Predictionlink2019.4
1stGoogle Analytics Customer Revenue Predictionlink2019.3
1stVSB Power Line Fault Detectionlink2019.3
5thElo Merchant Category Recommendationlink2019.2
2ndPLAsTiCC Astronomical Classificationlink2018.12
1stGoogle Research Doodle Recognition Challengelink2018.12
1stHome Credit Group Home Credit Default Risklink2018.8
2ndHome Credit Group Home Credit Default Risklink2018.8
3rdHome Credit Group Home Credit Default Risklink2018.8
2ndGoogle AI Open Images - Visual Relationship Tracklink2018.8
2ndSantander Value Prediction Challengelink2018.8
1stAvito Demand Prediction Challengelink2018.6
2ndAvito Demand Prediction Challengelink2018.6
3rdAvito Demand Prediction Challengelink2018.6
1stTalkingData AdTracking Fraud Detection Challengelink2018.5
1stDonorsChoose.org Application Screeninglink2018.4
1stToxic Comment Classification Challengelink2018.3
1stMercari Price Suggestion Challengelink2018.2
1stIEEE's Signal Processing Society, Camera Model Identificationlink2018.2
1stRecruit Restaurant Visitor Forecastinglink2018.2
1stWSDM CUP 2018 - KKBox's Music Recommendation Challengelink2017.12
1stPorto Seguro’s Safe Driver Predictionlink2017.11
1stQuora Question Pairslink2017.6
1stTwo Sigma Connect: Rental Listing Inquirieslink2017.4
1stCIKM2017 AnalytiCup - Lazada Product Title Quality Challengelink2017.9
2ndTwo Sigma Connect: Rental Listing Inquirieslink2017.4
3rdTwo Sigma Connect: Rental Listing Inquirieslink2017.4
3rdDogs vs. Cats Redux: Kernels Editionlink-
3rdBosch Production Line Performancelink2016.11
1stThe 1st Di-Tech Competitions-2016.7